mononeme

id: GO:0070074
name: mononeme
namespace: cellular_component
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: A secretory organelle that forms part of the apical complex; a small, threadlike structure located is close proximity to the subpellicular microtubules. Its contents include a rhomboid protease (PfROM1 in Plasmodium falciparum) that moves from the lateral asymmetric localization to the merozoite apical pole and the posterior pole upon release of merozoites from schizonts.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0043231intracellular membrane-bounded organelle